Re: design opinions requested
Tim H <thockin@gmail.com> wrote:
Most of the time Stuff will be handled in one of two patterns.
for each item in stuff.big_list {
if item is_foo()
handle_foo()
else if item is_bar()
handle_bar()
else
handle_bat()
}
or
for each item in stuff.big_list {
if item is_foo()
handle_foo
}
The above looks like two perfect candidates for polymorphism.
To make matters more complicated, there are actually three different
Stuff containers, and each can hold a subset of the total things. For
example a Stuff container can hold Foo, Bar, or Bat. A Junk container
can hold Bar or Bat, but not Foo. A Mess container can hold Foo or
Bat, but not bar.
So you might end up with several different contexts in which to use
"stuff". Each context should be a pure virtual class. Foo, Bar and Bat
will all derive from StuffContext. Bar, and Bat will derive from
JunkContext. Foo and Bat will derive from MessContext.
class StuffContext {
public:
virtual void handleStuff() = 0;
};
class Stuff {
typedef vector< pair< string, StuffContext* > > Container;
Container stuff;
public:
void handle() {
for ( Container::iterator it = stuff.begin();
it != stuff.end();
++it )
{
it->second->handleStuff();
}
}
};
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